Orville Wright to Griffith Brewer 2-Mar-1914
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Wright says he received Brewer's letters, and a copy of an affidavit for the British suit, after returning from New York. He explains "the stabilizer", perhaps apropos of Brewer's inquiry in Griffith Brewer to Orville Wright 13-Feb-1914.
The basic principles of the stabilizer were contained in our earlier automatic patent, that is; the later control is regulated with a pendulum, and the fore and aft control with a vane. The new part of the device, upon which we expect to take out patent as soon as we have it working to our satisfaction, is for preventing the machine over-controlling, so that the machine does not keep rocking over the centre.
(Did Orville Wright really use the British spelling of "centre"?)
Sources
- Riddle and Sinnott, 2003, Letters of the Wright Brothers, pp. 100–101.
| Sender | Orville Wright |
|---|---|
| Recipient | Griffith Brewer |
| Date sent | 2-Mar-1914 |
| From location | Dayton, Ohio |
| To location | |
| Communication type | |
| Language | English |
| Refers to flight? | 1 |
| Tech fields | airplane, stability |
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